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Authorised form of nameChapman; Sir; Stephen Remnant (1776 - 1851)
Dates1776 - 1851
NationalityBritish
Place of birthTainfield House, Taunton, Somerset, England
Date of birth1776
Place of deathTainfield House, Taunton, Somerset
Date of death06 March 1851
OccupationMilitary engineer
ActivityEducation:
Woolwich
Career:
Entered the Royal Engineers (1793); Lieutenant (1796); Captain (1805); served in Holland (1799), at Copenhagen (1807), and in Portugal; one of the chief officers preparing the lines at Torres Vedras; Secretary to Lord Mulgrave, Master General of Ordnance (1810); Colonel (1813); Governor of Bermuda and lived there (until 1839); Major-General (1837); Lieutenant- General (1847)
Honours:
Kt 1831; CB 1815
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/11/1816
RelationshipsSon of Richard Chapman and his wife Mary, daughter of Stephen Remnant
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3452
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1816/12Chapman, Sir Stephen Remnant: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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